Members of Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) arrested four African citizens, including a woman, from Bibibazar border area in Sadar upazila early yesterday for entering the country from India without valid documents.
The arrestees were identified as Thomas Oko of Kongo, Abduo Nasar, a citizen of Lesotho, Hamido Samara of Guinea and Ammira Gousang of Cameroon.
Abdur Rouf, officer-in-charge of Kotowali Model police station, said a team of BGB arrested them while they were trying to enter Bangladesh from India without valid documents through Golabari point of the border around 4am.
Later, they were handed over to police.